Does parental employment affect children's educational attainment? Evidence from Germany

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This paper analyzes whether there exists a causal relationship between parental employment and children's educational attainment. We address potential endogeneity problems due to (i) selection of parents in the labor market by estimating a model on sibling differences and (ii) reverse causality by focusing on parents' employment when children are aged 0-3. We use data from the German Socioeconomic Panel. Overall, we find little support that parental employment affects children's educational attainment. We can rule out that having a mother who works one hour more per week lowers the probability of high secondary track attendance by more than 0.1%.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Munich Discussion Paper ; No. 2008-5

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Single Equation Models; Single Variables: General ; Analysis of Education ; Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
• Subject: sibling differences ; educational attainment ; child care ; Eltern ; Erwerbstätigkeit ; Kinder ; Bildungsniveau ; Weibliche Arbeitskräfte ; Schätzung ; Deutschland

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Hörisch, Hannah
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät
• (where): München
• (when): 2008

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.5282/ubm/epub.2140
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/104264
• URN: urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-2140-9
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET